Match-making machine.



No. 851,848. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

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MATCH MAKING MACHINE. APPLIoATIoN FILED m1111212. 190s.

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MATCH MAKING MACHINE.

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No. 851,234.8.` PATBNTED APR. so, 1907. J. H. WEAVER L 1. R. LAUX.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. 1906.

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MATCH-MAKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed September' 12,1906. Serial 010384.303.

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Be it known that we, JAMns ll. Wanvlm l and ISAAC R. Initx, citizens ot the United l States, residing at IVadSworth, in the county of Medina and State ot Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Match-Making Machines, ot' which the 'lollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. l

The invention relates to that class ol mal chines for making matches wherein an cndless chain of plates receives the splints and conducts them from one mechanism to another to complete the matches and discharge them vfor boxing.

The object of the invention is to time or control the travel of' the plates in such way that a plate containing 'finished matches will he arrested over the discharging or punchingout mechanism and the matches discharged row-hy-row simultaneously with the stopping of an empty plate over the filling-in mechanism where said plate has splints stuck in it row-by-row. In attaining this object, the punching-out and Yfilling-in mechanisms are relatively so actuated that while the punching-out mechanism on its forward movement is punching out or discharging row of finished matches, the cutting head on its upward motion serves as a iilling-in mechanism and inserts a row of splints. During the time that the punching-out mechanism is about one-third the distance on its hackward stroke and the cuttingehead is ahout one-third the distance on its downward stroke, and until they reach two-thirds ol" their forward and upward strokes respec tively, the chain of plates is moved forward the length of the distance hetween the con ters of two adjacent rows of holes in the plates, and this results in bringing the next rows of holes respectively opposite the punc.h ing-out and the filling-in mechanisms and securely holding them in these positions until the said mechanisms recede, and these operations are repeated so long as the machine is running.

AThe chain of plates is composed ol' plates of equal length, jointed in such way that the adjacent rows of holes are distant twice the distance between the adjacent rows ot holes in the body of each plate, and the punchingout and filling-in mechanisms are so spaced apart that as the chain of plates travels there will be a joint located over each mechanism oit holes over each we provide nwehanism which will move the chamof plates at tlns time twice the distance it is moved as the hodies olt tho plates are moved over those punching-out and lilling-in mechanisms, and thus it. is insured that rows to hc punched out and to he lilled in will always he opposite thc punching-out and Vfilling-in meolumisms. '.lhese motions areI obtained hy moans ot a disk having pins on opposite tacos, and separate cams coojniratingl with said pins, and suitahle transmission. devices, as we will proceed .now more particularly to descrihc and .finally claim.

In the accmnpanyiiig drawings, illustrating tho invention, in the several liguri-s oli which like parts are similarly designated, vFigure l is an end elevation, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of sul licient ot the hlock-'lecding and splint-cutting portion ol" a match making machine, it hcing suggested that the whole machine is constructed to eut and stick the splints, heat, apply the wax, apply tho igniting material, dry the mate ics, and when disclmrged convoy them away or nox them. Ifig. f3 is a plan viow ot one ol the endiesschain plates, hroken out in the middle. lig. et is an edge view ot the plate. Fig. 5 is a cross-section o'l" the plate. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the upper cam. Fig. 7 is an elevation ot the lower cam. Fi S is a hottom plan view of the pin disk.

The lirame l, the main shatt- 2, having pulleys 3 and Ll at opposite ends, and the driving mechanism (not shown) ma)T he as usual.

On the main sha'l't is a gear wheel 5, meshing with a gear wheel (i on a parallel shalt 7, and this gear wheel (3 meshes with a gear wheel S on another parallel sha'lit t). On the opposite end of sha'l't 7 is a cam 1.0, and on the opposite end ol sha'lit t) is another cam 11, the pitch of the cam ll heing as two to one with reference to the pitch o'l' cam 1l).

12 is a disk, mounted on the end ot a shalt 13, which is supported by an arm 1l arranged in a bracket -l 5, and hy an arm 1G projecting lrom the 'frame l. '.lho lower `lince ot the disk 12 is provided with a series o'l pins or a numher o'l groups oit pins 17, and the upper 'tace is provided with as imany pins 18 as there are groups ol pins on the lower face. The cam 10 engages the pins 17 to turn the disk, and consequently the sha'lt 13 uni'liinmly stop-hyat the same time; and in order to hring a row IOO step, while the cam l1 cooperates udth the pins 18 also to turn the disk and its shatt, and inasmuch as the pitch oi the cam ll is twice that oi the cam l0, it `follows that the.

cam 1l by contact with pins 18 will move the disk twice the distance that it is moved by engagement of the cam l() with one oi' the pins l?, the purpose of which movement will presently appear. K t

fhe cutting and filling-m mechanism and the punching-out mechanism herein in par i illustrated, need not be particularly described since they may be of any approved construction.

The endless chain ot plates is composed ol a series of plates l5), substantially like those illustrated in detail in F 8, e and 5, wherein the body of the plate is provided with twelve, more or less, rows ci holes 20, in which the match splints are stuck by the nlling-in mechanism, and then carried 'from one part oi the machine to another as the manufacture of the match progresses. rlhe edges of the'pl ates are provided with toothedracks 2l, and the plates are connected by hinge-joints 22 and he lungejoints are so proportioned that the distance between the last row of holes in one plate and the rirst row of holes in the next adjacent plate is twice the distance between any other two rows oi holes in the body oi the plate; and hence, the endless chain olf plates, in order to advance from the last row mentioned to the i'irst row mentioned, must be moved twice the distance that the chain is moved in the progression ci' the rows of holes in the body of any plate. The uniform step-by-step motion is accomplished bythe action of .the cam l() upon the pins l? on the lower tace of 4the disk l2, while the double movement re- Jerred to is aocompgished by cam ll acting upon the pins 18.

lThe desc ibed motions ot the pin disk are transmitted to the endless chain oi plates through the shaft 13, the bevel-gears and the train of gears 25, 25 and The lastmentioned gear is mounted upon shaft 28, which is provided `with mutilated gears 29 which mesh with the racks 2l ot' the respective plates constituting the chain oi plates. The chain ot plates is further engaged by mutilated 30 on the sha-it S1, which supports the gear wheel rlhus, by the construction described, full provision is made for successively placing the rows oi holes in position to be lilled in by the vlilling-in mechanism, and simultaneously presenting rows of holes containing iinished matches in position for the punching-out mechanism As already pointed out, we prefer to time the mechanisms in such way that while the punching-out mechanism on its forward movement is punching out or discharging a row of finished matches, the cutting head of the illing-in mechanism serves as the fillingin mechanism when on its upward motion; and during the time that the punching-out mechanism is about one-third of the distance on its backward stroke, and the lilling-in mechanism is about one-third the distance on its downward stroke, and until these mechanisms reach two-thirds of their forward and upward strokes respectively, the chain ot plates is moved forward the length ot the distance between the centers of two adjacent rows oi holes in the plates, so that the next rows ot holes are respectively opposite the punching-out and the filling-in mechanisms and are there securely held until the mechanisms recede.

lllhat we claim is l. In a match making machine, an endless chain of joint ed plates, a punching-out mechanism, and a splint-cutting and filling-in mechanism, combined with a rotary pin-disk having pins on one tace equal in number to the number of rows of holes in a plate, and a pin on the opposite face arranged to come into position upon the approach of a platejoint, and separatecams ot unequal pitch arranged below and above the pin-disk and cooperating with the pins, respectively to move the endless-chain step-by-step for each row oi holes in each plate and twice that distance at each joint.

2. ln a match making machine, an endless chain of jointed plates, a punching-out mechanism, and a splint-cutting and filling-in mechanism, combined with a rotary pin-disk having pins on one face equal in number to the number ot rows oi holes in any number of plates and spaced apart in groups numerically coequal with the rows in each plate, pins on the opposite 'tace located with reference to the oints in the plates, and separate cams of unequal pitch cooperating with the pins on the two 'laces of the disk and respectively controlling the movement of the chain during the passage of the plates and their joints with reference to the punching-out and filling-in mechanisms.

3. ln a match making machine, an endlesschain of jointed plates, toothed racks thereon, mutilated gears engaging said racks, a punching-out mechanism and a filling-in mechanism, combined with a double rotary pin-disk, two cams cooperating with the pins on said disk periodically, and successively, and means to transmit the varied motion from the pin-disk to the mutilated gears.

ln testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 8th day of Sept., A. D. 1905.

, JAMES H. WEAVER. ISAAC R. LAUX.

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